Hair we go again!
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Topic: Hair we go again!
Posted By: conrad
Subject: Hair we go again!
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 3:22pm
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My wife finally found someone who could cut her hair like she wanted it cut, and the cost was significantly less than her previous stylist:) I took some picks the other day with her in them and we were looking at them the other night.
Here is the photo....
 Back..
 Now, she liked the sides longer a few month ago but when she saw this photo, she exclaimed...."does that looks weird too you? I'm not sure i like these dog ears!" Now, i have always wanted her to have shorter hair, but she has always said that she wanted length on the sides b/c she is afraid that she would look like a boy, or that her face is too round and it would look funny.
My mission was to find her a pic or two of hair cut a bit shorter on the sides so that she could take to her stylist and lthey could decide if it would look good on her or not. Here is the pic that i have, and she kinda liked it, but i want some more to show her......so please lend a hand if you can. The pick actually has the way her hair is cut in the back, kinda angled up and colored darker, but it has shorter sides.
 Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted By: Heratic
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 3:30pm
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Could your wife not tuck the longer strands behind her ears or clip them back with hairgrips to see how she would look with shorter hair on the sides.
If she likes the exposure then she could safely decide to have them cut off next time she is at the stylists? ------------- Its your hair, your choice and your decision |
Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 3:34pm
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Good idea, and i think she has done that and ruled out the cutting off the entire length. However, you can see, she likes the length cut a bit near the ear.
I'll try proposing that idea to her again to see if we can make it work!
Thanks
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Posted By: Snipette
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 3:59pm
Are these any help?
 or a slightly altered shorter version       Let me know if they were any use and i'll see if i can find anymore
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Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 4:07pm
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I liked the first one, that is more in line with what she likes. The sides need to angle down some. Funny, i have several of those picks myself, but there are some new ones, thanks!
I really like the with the girl in the white T-shirt at bottem. That is what i would LOVE to see b/c the back is cut exactly like hers. I also showed her this pic, and she thougt that it was too drastic.....well see
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Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 7:08am
| For what it's worth I like #2... as for the last one...I find it really hard to look at anything but her perfect boobs! |
Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 1:13pm
a bit off topic, the girl in the last pick, her boobies look a hair on the low side, they maybe should have photoshopped them a bit higher! 
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Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 4:51pm
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Quick update, she went and had the dog ears cut off. Her next appt is in 5 weeks and she likes how her hair is stacked up in the back, but doesnt like the way the front doesnt blend in better with the back. I guess she means the transition from the short stacked back to the front sides and bangs. So if there is anyone who may know a solution to this delima, lets hear em', and if you have any picks, please share. I still hopes she leans towards this style....
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I think I would soil myself if she came home with that cut!
Time will only tell, i got 5 weeks to work on it.
Thanks in advance!
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Posted By: Snipette
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 3:33pm
Here are a few more styles. Some you may have seen before (as one is a favourite of mine) and hopefully a few new ones.
       Good luck. I like your second picture (the girl in the black top photo) that would look amazing  |
Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 5:47pm
| Thanks for the picks, i really like the 3rd, you dont have any other picks of that do ya? I would love to see her hair cut like hte black top photo also. |
Posted By: Snipette
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 6:30pm
Unfortunately i do not have anymore of the first picture, but the third is taken part way through a makeover from Catwalk Hair Salon which is no longer showing , but i do have one more pic.
 If you go there look at 2004 in a nutshell makeovers 204 and 207 (i think those are the numbers)
Also what about this pic
 Cheers
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Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 7:14pm
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Thanks for the picks and do you have the website for catwalk? The second pic may be too extreme bangs for her, but the first one has "long" hair in it which is critical to her.
Thanks again, if you can send me the site, i will look there for the picks.
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Posted By: HAWG
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 9:21pm
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http://members.fortunecity.com/catwalkhair/ - http://members.fortunecity.com/catwalkhair/ ------------- HAWG |
Posted By: Leadfoot
Date Posted: October 05 2007 at 3:58pm
I really like that! You wouldn't happen to have a picture of the front of the hairdo?
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conrad wrote:Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 07 2007 at 3:23pm
| Nope, i wish i did! |
Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 7:56pm
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How does one invite themselves to watch the haircut. Is this a strange request, will the stylist think "WTF"?
How would I ask my wife to go and watch if she decides that she wants the shorter cut?
Thanks
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Posted By: HAWG
Date Posted: October 08 2007 at 9:49pm
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I go all the time with my wife. I usually drop her off and come back about an hour or so later (after she's done with highlights) and sit in the next chair while she gets her hair cut. It's fun and something we do about every six weeks. The entire shop knows who I am and it's no problem me being there. Good luck and enjoy. ------------- HAWG |
Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 8:16am
| How did you ask the first time that you went? |
Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 8:55am
| take her to dinner or lunch.. just before time to go to her appointment... you will be together.. .. then just tag along... if she goes to a big place there are likely empty chairs close to her for you to sit in. |
Posted By: HAWG
Date Posted: October 10 2007 at 9:47pm
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She knows I love to watch so it wasn't a problem at all. Like Hal says, there are always plenty of seats. Once, I wasn't able to go with her and the stylist asked where I was. It's not a big deal; go with her; have a blast. ------------- HAWG |
Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 7:04am
| My gf at the time knew I liked her hair shorter they she did and imposed this rule on me... I was not to partake in the conversation about what was to be done that day.. unless asked. |
Posted By: Snipette
Date Posted: October 12 2007 at 3:54am
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My wife is a also a little worried what people think if i tag along, but on the occassions I have I think the stylist preferred it as she could see my reaction to the new cut and could see if i liked it or not. My wife doesn't have a regular stylist and will go to anywhere that looks ok. One time on holiday she was getting her hair cut and the stylist looked at me to see if i liked it. I said that it would look better shorter and she agreed, but my wife had not had short hair since she was a little girl and i had only just managed to get her to go to chin length. Despite my wife saying it was fine as it was i said she really should go a bit shorter. The stylist said she agreed and started cutting before mywife could say no. she only took another inch and half off but it looked amazing. The wife had to admit it did look better than she thought and did keep it that length for a while. So now she is not so keen for me to got if she is trying to grow her hair (like now) but is happy for me to go when she is going shorter, but like Hal i'm not to say anything until asked.
Go and enjoy, and the stylist will tell by the look on your face if you like it and will probably ask your opinion, so don't be shy to say go shorter
 I think your wife will enjoy your smile growing as she sees her hair get shorter too. This might make her want to go shorter to make you smile even more
Good Luck
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Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 12 2007 at 9:04am
You know, that is not a bad idea to offer "Hey, if you let me go, I wont say a word unless asked" I think she may go for that idea! Now, that will take a bit of special ops planning, I can simply ask her stylist to ask me what i think about the cut, and then i can offer my opinion. Now, i really have to admit, i dont know what a shorter cut will look like on my wife, so we are both entering this unknown playground blindfolded. That is why I always tell her if she wants it shorter, bring the pic and ask the stylist if she can pull it off. It is his professional opinion to tell her that she has the facial features and the hair texture to pull it off. I showed my wife several picks last night just to prime her for her cut in about 4 weeks. They are as follows:
  She currently has this cut:
 She complains about how if her hair is cut shorter, chin lengh, that she looks like a pumpkin. I told her that its b/c the hair on the sides is styled so that it hugs her face, and therefore looks like a pumpkin (i dont think this by the way), but it offered the suggestion to have the sides cut higher as in the 1st pick or have her bangs cut further back so the back and the sides are closer in length. I would LOVE to have her cut it like the first pick or
 She really likes her "bitch bangs",
 (dont know where the name comes from) so the two picks have those bangs that just go back to the back of her head that blend easier with the shorter hair in the back. There is a big hu-rah comming up in about 5 weeks, so she said that she may not want to do anything drastic until after that, but i said that that is the perfect reason to make the change, ie. showcase her her do!
Sorry for the ramble, if anyone has any other picks to show that would be great. I sent her this pick as a joke (b/c of the extreme short back and sides - which is what she was looking for, a blend from short back to the sides) She said NO (that is how short my hair was on sides and back, maybe even shorter), but she really liked the bangs that the girl has, therefore i suggested the Keira Knightly pic!
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Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: October 12 2007 at 10:18am
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I would suggest no covert action.... the cost of getting caught is too great, lost trust, never getting to go again. ect... .. I knew my ex gf's stylist was dying to cut her hair short, I even did some simulation of how he want to do her. I came soo close to calling him and saying hey... lets gang up on her... but thought if he ever let it slip....
anyway ... I never did anything other than go along for the ride.
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Posted By: Snipette
Date Posted: October 12 2007 at 10:26am
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I almost thought the picture between the 2 of your wife was also your wife until i saw your comments. She would look great with that style. There is also makeover No. 277 at the catwalk salon that might interest you. Look at part 11 & 12.
Heres a pic or 2.
  and heres where they are blending the long and short at the back
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Posted By: conrad
Date Posted: October 12 2007 at 11:32am
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OK, no covert action. I did meet with him before her 1st haircut to give him a heads up and make the connection with who our friend was that she was trying to get her hair cut like. That way, he wouldnt have to remember on the fly who our friend was that he cut. The positive thing is that he LOVES to cut short hair, and does it so well. I have brought him some picks earlier that she liked, and both of those were in there. He really liked the one with the lady in black with the bangs. So if she showes up with thoses picks, he may just be able to convince her that they would look great like that.
I found the Catwalk picks, they may be too short in the back for her, but i will show her for sure.
Thanks
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